Masters of Arts in Counseling Psychology

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    Drug abuse and psychological disorder among youths in Bosaso, Puntland, Somalia
    (Kampala International University, College of Humanities and social Science, 2022-05) Abdisalan, Abdullahi Egal
    This study sought to examine the relationship between Drug Abuse and psychological disorder among youth in Bossaso, Puntland, Somalia. The study objectives were; To determine the effect of khat chewing and psychological disorders among youth in Bosaso, Puntland, Somalia, and to assess the effect of alcohol and psychological disorders among youth in Bosaso, Puntland, Somalia. To find out the effect of tobacco and psychological disorders among youth in Bosaso, the psychological disorders caused by drug and substance abuse among youth are increasing rapidly and at an alarming rate not just in Bosaso, Puntland, but also throughout much of Somalia, A cross-sectional survey was used in the study. Both qualitative and quantitative data were gathered to establish the relationship between the independent and dependent variables and to examine the relationship between drug abuse and psychological disorder among youth in Bosaso. The target population of 130 was selected and it comprised (53) youth, (36) mental health department in Bosaso, and (9) consist of Islamic rehab, neurologist, and psychologist. Out of 130 respondents, 98 were sampled in the study, A simple random approach was used during the study. Purposive sampling was also used, data were collected from primary and secondary sources using questionnaires and Interviews, after collecting data, the researcher organized a well-answered questionnaire, and data were edited and sorted for the next stage and presented. the study also found out that the level of khat chewing and its related effects seem to be more frequent in Bosaso was very high with an average mean of 3.9 equivalent to very high, according to findings regarding the weakness of the government and armed drug traffickers contributing to the spread and consumption of alcohol among young people. With a mean of 3.45, the standard deviation of 1.216 was interpreted as very high that meaning as a result, everything that the administration and the government do is weak. In conclusion, it was also revealed that Students' and young adult perspectives of drug misuse are in addition to teaching piracy and robbery due to drug overdose by taking advantage of excessive wealth by recognizing the elements that enhance drug and alcohol cases. the study recommended Parents can talk to their children and explain the consequences of drug and alcohol abuse, the most significant role in avoiding drug use should be played by the family as a whole.
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    Psychosocial Challenges Facing Orphans:
    (Kampala International University, 2022-04) Christopher, Theophil
    The study investigated psycho social challenges facing orphaned children residing in institutions in Ubungo Municipality, Dar es Salaam region. The study was guided by the following three specific objectives: to determine psycho-social services provided to the orphaned children; to identify psycho social challenges facing orphaned children; and to explore challenges facing caregivers to the orphaned children. Qualitative research approach was employed. Data were collected using unstructured personal interviews and observation methods. Thematic method was used to analyze data. Findings from the study revealed that orphaned children were supported with various psycho social services that included food, clothes, accommodation, health services, spiritual support, educational support, life skills, sports and games. It was found further that the orphans were faced with various social challenges including shortage of health facilities, shortage of sports gears, lack of recreational opportunities, shortage of spiritual leaders and education materials. Moreover, psychological challenges included physical punishment from care givers, stigma, bullying behaviors and verbal abuse. Other identified psychological challenges included sadness, anxiety, anger and burnout, isolation, depression, grief and trauma. The challenges were influenced by lack of counseling knowledge and skills in caregivers. Furthermore, the study found out that in caring for orphaned children, caregivers were faced with some challenges like children’s misbehavior, water shortage, children’s laziness, shortage of basic needs and substance abuse among the orphans. The study recommends directors to employ caregivers who are trained in the field of psychology, counseling and parenting or train the in-service caregivers.
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    Stress levels, health seeking behaviors and academic performance among students of Kampala International University (KIU), Uganda.
    (Kampala International University.College of Humanities and social science, 2018-05) Ibrahim, Zaharadeen Garga
    The purpose of this study was to establish the relationship between stress levels, health seeking behaviors and academic performance among students of Kampala International University (KIU) Kampala, Uganda. The study was guided by three stated objectives: To determine the relationship between stress levels and academic performance among students; To examine the difference between the levels of stress experienced among male and female students; To establish relationship between health seeking behaviors and academic performance among students. The study used descriptive correlational research design with quantitative approach. The population of the study was 10923 students ~population, Slovene’s formula for selection of the sample size was used. The drawn sample size was 386. Data was analyzed in SPSS version 22.0. The findings of the study revealed that there is significance negati’ e relationship between stress levels and academic performance. Findings also revealed that there is no significance difference between the stress levels experienced among male and female students. The study found that there is a significant negative relationship between health seeking behaviors and academic performance. It was concluded that there is a relationship between stress levels, health seeking behaviors and academic performance. Based on the study findings, the following recommendations were made. The university management and other stakeholders (DSA and DS) should ensure that students engage in adequate sports, social and recreational activities in order to cope and manage their stress levels to improve academic performance. The lecturers, as veIl as school authority (DAA, DVC AA and DSA) should collaboratively guide students on how to develop and improve their academic performance and ensures that the learning atmosphere is conducive for the students in order to reduce stress levels among students, there should be maintained gender balance in academic, social, recreational and sport activities in the university. It was also recommended that university management (DAA, DVC AA and DSA) and lecturers should encourage students to engage in proper health seeking behaviors in order to promote their health, cope with stress and in turn achieve good academic performance.
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    Mentorship and girl child education in secondary schools in Garowe, Puntland, Somalia
    (College of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2018-11) Fatima, Abdulsalam Mohamud
    The study sought to examine the impact of mentorship and girl child education in secondary schools in Garowe, Puntland, Somalia. The study objectives were; to establish the relationship between guidance and counseling and girl child education in Garowe, Puntland, to find out the relationship between role modelling and parental attitudes toward girl child education in Garowe, Puntland and to establish relationship between learning environment and girl child education in Garowe, Puntland, Somalia. The study was employed correlation research design to study the relationship between mentorship and girl child education. The study also employed quantitative approach. The study population involved 100 respondents and this comprised of selected officials from Ministry of Education, Mercy Corps, Educationalists, Selected female mentors and selected female students in Garowe. A sample size of 80 respondents was determined through stratified sampling, purposive sampling and random sampling methods. Data was collected from both primary and secondary sources using questionnaires and data from Puntland Ministry of Education. Data was analyzed through standardized statistical analysis techniques using statistical package for social sciences (SPSS). Descriptive data organized into frequency tables from which the means, standard deviations, percentages were calculated. The inferential data was also analyzed using pearsons’ multi linear correlation coefficient to compare the difference between categorical frequencies of the research variables. The study found out that the total average mean of mentorship and girl child education was 3.34 which means very satisfactory in likert scale. This also indicates that there is a strong and positive significance relationship between mentorship variables (role modeling, guidance and counseling and learning environment) and girl child education. Further,, the regression analysis found that the three variables a great and positive influence on girl child education. The study concludes that guidance and counseling is a twin word that is inseparable, but for the purpose of this study. School counseling for secondary students is designed to address the physical, emotional, social and academic difficulties of adolescents. The study recommends that as much as possible Ministry of Education (MOE), all implementing agencies of educational policies and heads of senior high school should endeavor to assign female mentor and counselors with the sole responsibility of guidance and counseling for the students especially for girls.
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    Domestic violence among women and their social development in Rubavu District Rwanda
    (Kampala International University.College of Humanities and social science, 2012-04) Marie Josiane, Murekatete
    Domestic violence has been defined as "the range of sexually, psychologically and physically coercive acts used against women by current or former male intimate partners (Danson, 2005), it's specific objectives sought to identify the demographic characteristics of the respondents in terms of Age, Educational level and Number of years worked, to determine the level of domestic violence of women in Rubavu District Rwanda, to determine the level of social development in Rubavu District Rwanda and to establish the significant relationship between the levels of domestic violence of women and their social development in Rubavu. The purpose of this study was to determine the correlates of domestic violence of women and their social development in Rubavu District Rwanda, The study used a descriptive correlation design that employed both qualitative and quantitative methods of data collection. The research tool that was applied in this study was devised questionnaires to determine the domestic violence and social development. The findings indicated that domestic violence was generally high with average mean of (2.81), social development generally high (average mean of 2.72) and basing on the results, the null hypothesis was rejected and conclusions made that domestic violence and social development in women in Rubavu District are significantly correlated using pearson where r=(.964) and significant-value (000), yet the results are insignificant above 0.05 level of significance. Therefore, the researcher recommended the following: - there is need to introduce new laws concerning women rights, this will reduce on the high levels of domestic violence on women by the men in Rubavu district, women should be sensitized and mobilized to take leadership position so that they can use their leadership position to advance gender equality, which will reduce on the high levels of domestic violence on women in Rubavu district, The researcher still recommends that there is need to create new jobs majorly for women, encouraging gender balance this will improve on the social development of women in Rubavu district, despite of all these challenges, women have been proved to achieve many things through government mobilization in the social development activities. This is because women in Rubavu district are active, hardworking and trustworthy.